In June the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled overwhelmingly in favor of the Maine Lobstermen’s Association (MLA) in its appeal of a 2022 lower court ruling in Maine Lobstermen’s Association v. … Continue reading
Guest Column: Recap of the 2023 Summer
First published in Landings, September 2023 We’ve had a summer with more than our fair share of rain and fog, but despite the weather it started on a good note, with the Washington, D.C. Appellate … Continue reading
Steaming Ahead | September 2023
First published in Landings, September 2023 The summer fog lifted (for most of us) and Maine’s coast is once again showing off its beauty. It’s hard not to notice! It’s why you call the coast … Continue reading
Maine’s Lobstermen, Businesses Breathe a Sigh of Relief
In 2021, the Maine Lobstermen’s Association (MLA) took a drastic step. The board of directors voted to sue the federal government, specifically the National Marine Fisheries Service, for its ill-founded and deeply flawed Biological Opinion … Continue reading
Maine Lobstermen, Alaska Trollers Share Similar Threats
The Alaskan salmon troller fishery may seem entirely unconnected to the Maine lobster fishery but in fact the two fisheries have faced similar mortal threats from the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). In 2020, an … Continue reading
Steaming Ahead | August 2023
First published in Landings, August 2023 Everyone in the lobster industry should remember the date of June 16 with pride. It is the day that the lobster industry earned a historic victory when a panel … Continue reading
MLA Earns Historic Win for Maine’s Lobster Industry: How Did We Get Here?
Click here for details on this historic win! Spring 2017 – National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) publishes new model in May which determines that the right whale population has been in decline since 2010; declares … Continue reading
MLA Earns Historic Win for Maine’s Lobster Industry
It has been an exhausting, expensive fight yet in the end, the Maine Lobstermen’s Association (MLA) prevailed. On June 16, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled 3-0 in favor of the … Continue reading
Steaming Ahead – March & April 2021
I am forever an optimist, but the issues that Maine lobstermen are facing in 2021 keep me awake at night. The MLA is rallying the troops and organizing our allies as we now face the … Continue reading
NMFS calls for deeper cuts over ten years to protect whales
Right whales will continue to decline unless other actions taken Two major announcements related to North Atlantic right whales and the U.S. lobster fishery were made by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) as 2020 … Continue reading